Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

A federal appeals court has agreed to give prosecutors another month to decide their next step after the court tossed Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week said prosecutors can have until Sept. 14 to file a petition asking the full court to rehear the case. The government’s petition was...

Federal prosecutors said Monday that they need more time to decide whether to ask an appeals court to reconsider the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose death sentence was thrown out over concerns over about the jury selection process. The U.S. Justice Department urged the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to give prosecutors until Sept. 14...

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile has a lot to say about a court’s decision to overturn Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence.

President Donald Trump sounded off Sunday on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling overturning Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. “Death penalty!” Trump tweeted on Sunday morning. “He killed and badly wounded many. Justice!” Trump expounded on his statement a bit more in a Facebook post, saying “Rarely has anybody deserved the death...

“Boston Strong” remains a “vibrant” rallying cry more than seven years after the marathon bombing killed three people and injured more than 260 others, a federal appeals court noted as it threw out the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. But even as the ruling opened old wounds, it raised familiar questions about whether Tsarnaev can receive a fair hearing in…

Victims of the Boston Marathon bombings tell NBC10 Boston they’re disappointed by the decision, and legal experts say it likely means another long and painful court battle is ahead.

Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings said Friday was a hard day after learning that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence had been overturned. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether Tsarnaev should be executed for the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. Time may have passed, but while…

A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether the 27-year-old Tsarnaev should be executed for the attack...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says his heart goes out to the families of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing after a court overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death penalty.

People who survived the Boston Marathon bombings said they were upset that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence had been overturned.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence has been tossed out after a federal appeals court said the judge did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.

In a stunning ruling, the three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The federal appeals court also ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether the 27-year-old Tsarnaev should be executed for the attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260…

A court has overturned the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev, ordering a new penalty-phase trial.

The Boston Marathon bomber’s lawyers urged a federal court to overturn their client’s death sentence, arguing Thursday that intense media coverage and signs of juror bias led to an unfair trial. The three-judge panel didn’t render a decision after hearing from both sides for about an hour each.  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted of all 30 charges against him,...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorneys say he did not get a fair trial for the deadly Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent shootout.

Attorneys for convicted Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, appeared before a federal judge Thursday to plead for a new trial for their client.

Attorneys for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will appear before a federal judge to plead for a new trial and to have their client’s death sentence overturned.

Attorneys trying to overturn the death sentence of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say in a new court filing that the 2013 explosions so traumatized the region that it was impossible to get an impartial jury.

A federal court will hear arguments in the Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence appeal. A federal judge said Tuesday that oral arguments will take place Dec. 12. Each side will be given an hour to make its case. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted and sentenced to death in 2015 for carrying out the April 15, 2013, attack with his older brother,...

A judge has denied a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to make public parts of written questionnaires completed by prospective jurors in his 2015 trial. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole on Thursday rejected their bid to partially unseal 1,355 questionnaires completed by those who were not seated as jurors in Tsnarnaev’s case.